National Affairs: Oakland's Mayor

Back and forth
through the Panama Canal a staunch new freight boat will soon shuttle
between Hamburg, Germany, and Oakland, California. Last week roving
Mayor John L. Davie of Oakland was in Germany to christen the new
freighter Oakland. On his way to Hamburg from Madrid, he stopped at
Paris. Sympathetic correspondents reported his observations as follows:

"In America there are no facilities for being lazy, and laziness is
fully as important as diligence, in its proper place. It's nice to
sit in a cafe. It's comfortable. The go-getter stops panting. The world...